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Thursday, April 26, 2012

"I do not think that Iran is building a nuclear bomb"

Israel's army chief Benny Gantz does not expect to build a nuclear bomb in Iran. The decision would make the regime in Tehran has yet said the lieutenant general. He believed in the rationality of the Iranian leadership, however, Israel must keep open to all options. There are unusual words from Israel : The Israeli army chief of staff, Benny Gantz, the construction of an Iranian nuclear bomb considers unlikely. In an interview with the daily newspaper "Haaretz", he said: "Iran is gradually approaching the point where it can make a decision whether it wants to build a nuclear bomb." So far, the revolutionary leader of the country have Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , but not yet decided whether he would go that extra step. Gantz doubt that Khamenei will follow this path. "I think the Iranian leadership is very rational, thinking person," said the lieutenant general. "I do not think Iran will decide on the development of nuclear weapons." He was confident that the diplomatic and economic sanctions against Tehran bear fruit . At the same time, however, Israel was "military options" against Iran as a "last chance" before. "That's my job as a military man," said Gantz. "A nuclear Iran would be bad for the world and the region, because Iran would open new possibilities for action," warned the man who stands for 14 months at the head of the Israeli military. A nuclear bomb Tehran might as leverage in favor of them related and anti-Israeli militant organization Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and Islamic Jihad use in Gaza, warned Gantz. In addition, it may Israel's existence by a nuclear-armed Iran threatened .

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